2(1)In section 15 of the Defence Act 1842—
(a)after “nonage” in both places there shall be inserted “or mental incapacity”;
(b)“or not of whole mind” shall be repealed;
(c)for “out of prison, within this land, or of whole mind” there shall be substituted “within this land”.
(2)In section 27 of that Act for “lunacy” there shall be substituted “mental incapacity”.